Rio de Mouro

Worth seeing in and around Rio de Mouro

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Pena Palace

   The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area.

   6 km · palace in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Castle of the Moors

   The Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25 km northwest of Lisbon. Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, it was an important strategic point during the Reconquista, and was taken by Christian forces after the fall of Lisbon in 1147.

   5.9 km · cultural heritage monument in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Anta do Senhor da Serra

   The Anta da Pedra dos Mouros, also known as the Anta do Senhor da Serra, is a megalithic dolmen situated near Belas and Queluz in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It is believed to date back to the late-Neolithic and early-Chalcolithic eras.

   5 km · megalithic site near Belas, Portugal · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Anta do Monte Abraão

   The Anta do Monte Abraão was a megalithic dolmen located in the parish of Monte Abraão, in Queluz, Sintra Municipality, Lisbon District, Portugal. The dolmen was first identified in 1876, by Carlos Ribeiro, who carried out excavations until 1878 and published his results in 1880.

   5.3 km · megalithic site in Queluz-Belas, Portugal · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Taguspark

   Taguspark is a science and technology park located in the municipality of Oeiras, Greater Lisbon subregion, Portugal. The Park covers an area of approximately 150 acres, and accommodates several research and development labs, innovative startups and business incubators in a range of fields such as information technologies (e.g.

   5.4 km · building in Porto Salvo, Oeiras · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Palácio e Quinta do Ramalhão, também denominado «Paço Real do Ramalhão» (actualmente Colégio de São José das Irmãs Dominicanas Portuguesas)

   The Palace of Ramalhão is a neoclassical Palace in Sintra, Portugal. The palace has its origins in a small farm that was enlarged into a palace by Luis Garcia de Bivar in 1470.

   4.4 km · neoclassical palace in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Carlucci American International School of Lisbon

   The Carlucci American International School of Lisbon is a not-for-profit private international school in Linhó, Sintra, Portugal. Founded in 1956, CAISL is the oldest American school in the Iberian Peninsula and the only U.S. State Department sponsored school in Portugal.

   5.4 km · building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Monumento ao Bombeiro

   The Monumento ao Bombeiro or Monument to the Firefighter is a monument/memorial located in the civil parish of Belas, in the municipality of Sintra, in the central region of Portugal. The Monumento was designed to honour the service and sacrifice of several firemen, who lost their lives in 1967, during their efforts to rescue people during the torrential downpours that breached the banks of the Jamor River, causing heavy flooding.

   5.3 km · firefighter monument in Portugal · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Igreja de Santa Maria (Sintra)

   Igreja de Santa Maria is a church in Sintra, Portugal. It has been classified as a National Monument since 1922 and is part of the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, a World Heritage Site since 1995.

   5.6 km · church building in Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Archaeological Site of Colaride

    The archaeological site of Colaride, is a Roman necropolis in a natural cave, located in the Portuguese civil parish of Agualva e Mira-Sintra, municipality of Sintra.

    3.5 km · cultural heritage monument in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia

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Getting to Rio de Mouro

Airports

Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 16 km · Faro - Gago Coutinho (FAO), 230 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 279 km

Stations

Sintra train station, 5.7 km · Agualva-Cacém railway station, 2.8 km · Mira Sintra-Meleças train station, 1 km

• Faro → Rio de Mouro

  230 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · €29–41
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• Porto → Rio de Mouro

  272 km · quickest by road, 4h 29m · €33–46
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• Seville → Rio de Mouro

  329 km · quickest by road, 6h 30m · €47–65
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